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Zoot!
''Zoot!'' (also released as ''Zoot Sims Quintet'') is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label. accessed August 30, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars with calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed August 30, 2012 T ...
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George Handy
George Handy (born George Joseph Hendleman) (January 17, 1920 – January 8, 1997) was an American jazz arranger, composer and pianist whose musical beginnings were fostered under the tutelage of composer Aaron Copland. While he had an impressive career as a pianist, he is best known in retrospect for his bebop arrangements. Life Born in New York City, Handy first worked professionally as a swing pianist for Michael Loring in 1938, but soon was drafted into the United States Army in 1940. From 1944 to 1946 he became a member of the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra, composing and performing on piano. This was during a time when many big bands were transforming their musical tendencies toward bebop. He did leave the orchestra briefly to do work for Paramount Studios, but returned to Raeburn quickly. During this period he entered one of his most creative periods, doing arrangements of older standards with a distinctly bebop quality. Just as he was entering his prime, however, he had a falli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big band, afterward enjoying a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow saxmen Gerry Mulligan and Al Cohn. Biography Sims was born in 1925 in Inglewood, California, United States, to vaudeville performers Kate Haley and John Sims. His father was a vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. Growing up in a performing family, he learned to play drums and clarinet at an early age. His brother was the trombonist Ray Sims. Sims began on tenor saxophone at age 13. He initially modelled his playing on the work of Lester Young, Ben Webster, and Don Byas. By his late teens, having dropped out of high school, he was playing in big bands, starting with those of Kenny Baker and Bobby Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Travis
Nick Travis (b. Nov. 16, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - d. Oct. 7, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter. Travis started playing professionally at age 15, playing in the early 1940s with Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso (1942), Mitchell Ayres, and Woody Herman (1942–44). In 1944 he joined the military; after his service he played with Ray McKinley (1946–50, intermittent), Benny Goodman (1948–49), Gene Krupa, Ina Ray Hutton, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke, Herman once more (1950–51), Jerry Gray, Bob Chester, Elliot Lawrence, and Jimmy Dorsey (1952–53). From 1953-56 he was a soloist in the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. After this he became a session musician for NBC, but played with Gerry Mulligan (1960–62) and Thelonious Monk (1963, at Lincoln Center). Most of Travis's work was in big bands, but he also played in small ensembles with Al Cohn (1953) and Zoot Sims (1956). He led one session for Victor Records in 1954. In 1964, Travis died at age 38 as a result of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Sims Albums
Zoot may refer to: * ''Zoot Comics'', a 1946–1948 Fox Features Syndicate comic book featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess * Zoot (band), an Australian pop group active 1965–1971 * ''Zoot!'', a 1956 album by saxophonist Zoot Sims * Zoot suit, a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s * Zoot, a game on the MSX platform, released by Bug Byte software in 1986 People * Zoot Sims (born John Haley Sims; 1925–1985), American jazz saxophonist * Zoot Money (born George Bruno Money, 1942), British vocalist, keyboardist and actor Characters * Zoot, a balding saxophone player character in the fictional Muppet band Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem * Zoot, a character in the film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' * Zoot, a synthetic suit in ''My Favorite Martian'' * Zoot, a character in the webcomic ''Loxie & Zoot ''Loxie & Zoot'' is a webcomic by Australian artist Grace Crowley (going by "Stephen Crowley" at the time) that ran from 2000 to 2006. The webcomic, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor And Baritone
Zoot may refer to: * ''Zoot Comics'', a 1946–1948 Fox Features Syndicate comic book featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess * Zoot (band), an Australian pop group active 1965–1971 * ''Zoot!'', a 1956 album by saxophonist Zoot Sims * Zoot suit, a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s * Zoot, a game on the MSX platform, released by Bug Byte software in 1986 People * Zoot Sims (born John Haley Sims; 1925–1985), American jazz saxophonist * Zoot Money (born George Bruno Money, 1942), British vocalist, keyboardist and actor Characters * Zoot, a balding saxophone player character in the fictional Muppet band Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem * Zoot, a character in the film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' * Zoot, a synthetic suit in ''My Favorite Martian'' * Zoot, a character in the webcomic ''Loxie & Zoot'' * Zoot, a character in the series '' The Tribe'' See also * Zoot Suit (other) A zoot suit is a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos
Zoot may refer to: * ''Zoot Comics'', a 1946–1948 Fox Features Syndicate comic book featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess * Zoot (band), an Australian pop group active 1965–1971 * ''Zoot!'', a 1956 album by saxophonist Zoot Sims * Zoot suit, a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 1940s * Zoot, a game on the MSX platform, released by Bug Byte software in 1986 People * Zoot Sims (born John Haley Sims; 1925–1985), American jazz saxophonist * Zoot Money (born George Bruno Money, 1942), British vocalist, keyboardist and actor Characters * Zoot, a balding saxophone player character in the fictional Muppet band Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem * Zoot, a character in the film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' * Zoot, a synthetic suit in ''My Favorite Martian'' * Zoot, a character in the webcomic ''Loxie & Zoot'' * Zoot, a character in the series '' The Tribe'' See also * Zoot Suit (other) A zoot suit is a style of clothing first popular in the 1930s and 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer. Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess. He first worked with Sabby Lewis and then, after service in the United States Navy, freelanced for a time in Chicago. From 1951 to 1953, he was a member of Earl Hines's band. He can be heard on albums by Paul Gonsalves, Zoot Sims, and Mose Allison and is the drummer on Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife". (Some sources list Don Lamond as the drummer on "Mack the Knife") and on Ray Conniff's first album '' 'S Wonderful!''. He recorded the album ''A Bit of the Blues'' as a singer and had arranged at a "hit" for singer Dinah Washington. His final recordings as a singer were on a J. J. Johnson album, now compiled as a collection called ''Goodies''. In 1957, Johnson appeared with Thelonious Monk and Ahmed Abdul-Malik on '' The Sound of Jazz''. Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
"Fools Rush In" (1940) is a popular song. The lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer with music by Rube Bloom. History of the song according to The Billboard, September 28, 1940 issue, page 34: Four years ago (1936) "Fools Rush In" was known as "Shangraila," composed by Ruby Bloom and introduced in one of the production numbers at the Chez Paree, Chicago. Little was heard of it until this past summer when Ruby played it for Bregman, Vocco and Conn, New York music publishers, who suggested that new lyrics be written. Johnny Mercer was called in and he supplied the words, which have been widely accepted by the public. (The words originate in "An Essay on Criticism", written by Alexander Pope in the 18th Century.) First recordings The major hits at the time of introduction were: * Tony Martin, (31 March 1940) *Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle, (31 March 1940) *Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra (29 March 1940) * Anne Shelton and Ambrose (August 1940) * Harry James (Varsity 8264, 1940) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Bernard Ware (September 8, 1923 – September 9, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 674. Oxford University Press He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, and Grant Green, among others. Career Ware grew up in Chicago where he taught himself to play drums, banjo, bass while playing at church. In the 1940s, he worked with Stuff Smith, Sonny Stitt, and Roy Eldridge. He recorded with Sun Ra in the early 1950s. Later in the 1950s, settling in New York City, Ware played with Eddie Vinson, Art Blakey, and Buddy DeFranco. His only album recorded as a leader during his lifetime was '' The Chicago Sound'', from 1957 when he worked for Riverside. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Albums
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film '' Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player ( drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks, one in each hand, and uses their feet to operate a foot-controlled hi-hat and bass drum pedal. A standard kit may contain: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by a foot-operated pedal * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms and/or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be manipulated by a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the drum set, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar in structure to the cello, it has four, although occasionally five, strings. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, viola, and cello, ''The Orchestra: A User's Manual'' , Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra as well as the concert band, and is featured in Double bass concerto, concertos, solo, and chamber music in European classical music, Western classical music.Alfred Planyavsky [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
